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Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all take it ill to behold man's self so unnaturally disguised and dishonored will conduce not a little to the impeachment of anger.
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They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Silence is an answer to a wise man.
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Children ought to be led to honorable practices by means of encouragement and reasoning, and most certainly not by blows and ill treatment.
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I see the cure is not worth the pain.
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Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.
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The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. Later on, this process of corruption spread to the law courts. And then to the army, and finally the Republic was subjected to the rule of emperors
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